Your 68-year-old male client has urinary retention. You recognize that the primary reason for retention is:
1. neurological deficit.
2. infection.
3. bladder outlet obstruction.
4. renal calculi.
ANS: 3
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a. 15 to 50 mg 4 times daily b. 150 to 170 mg q 6h c. 250 to 500 mg 4 times daily d. 1000 to 1500 mg 4 times daily
The nurse is planning care for a client with a schizoid personality disorder. Which nursing diagnosis will the nurse likely use for this client?
1. Social Isolation related to inadequate social skills, craving of solitude 2. Risk for Violence, Self-Directed, related to poor impulse control 3. Fear related to feelings of abandonment 4. Ineffective Individual Coping related to high dependency needs
The ________ is a leaf-shaped structure on top of the larynx that closes the airway when a person swallows, and keeps food and saliva from entering the lungs.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A new nursing graduate is experiencing anxiety in the days leading up to the licensing examination. Which of the following types of anxiety has the potential to improve functioning?
A) Mild B) Moderate C) Severe D) Pathologic